Canonical c-field approach to interacting Bose gases: stochastic interference of matter waves

2019/11/22 by Hauptmann, Holger, Strunz, Walter T. · 1 citation
#FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1911.10102

Abstract

We present a stochastic matter field equation for an interacting many-body Bose system in equilibrium at ultracold finite temperature. Moreover, the proposed equation can be used for non-equilibrium dynamics on phenomenological grounds. This stochastic differential equation is based on a field phase space representation reflecting the underlying canonical density operator (fixed particle number N). Remarkably, it allows for an efficient numerical implementation. We apply our canonical c-field method to interference experiments with quasi-one dimensional Bose gases. Crucial features of these interference patterns are reproduced very well and also statistical properties in terms of distributions, e.g. for the contrasts, agree well with experimental results.

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